A lawyer undertaking to represent two or more clients in a single matter must, of course, clear conflicts. Indeed, Rule 1.7 prohibits a joint representation if the jointly-represented clients are …
At its midyear meeting on January 20, 2018, the Louisiana State Bar Association approved a resolution from the Committee on the Profession revising the LSBA Code of Professionalism. See Resolution Proposed …
The Supreme Court of Ohio issued a permanent injunction banning a Pennsylvania corporation, Century Negotiations, Inc., from engaging in what the court deemed “the unauthorized practice of law.” Ohio State …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations that were made public during the month of December 2017. Louisiana Supreme Court …
More than 2,900 complaints are filed against Louisiana lawyers each year. Many of these complaints are caused by simple mistakes and innocent misunderstandings about what the rules of conduct require. If you …
If a Louisiana lawyer were were to read just one post on this blog all year, this should be it. Here are the top ten developments in Louisiana legal ethics …
I want to quit my law firm and take my clients with me. What ethical considerations are there in doing so? There are few direct answers in the Louisiana Rules …
An “activist” lawyer purporting to represent an “occupy movement” was suspended for two years, all deferred, for exclaiming to a magistrate, “what the fu** is going on around here.” See N.C. State …
Both the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the corresponding Louisiana Rules broadly prohibit a lawyer from revealing former-client confidences. A lawyer may do so rarely and then only …
On December 21, 2017, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued a working draft of proposed amendments to the lawyer-advertising provisions of the ABA Model Rules …
